Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g
Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9551-8
Verlag: The Lutterworth Press
An imaginative exploration of how an understanding of liminality aids those in leadership roles in adapting creatively to change.
Leadership in Unknown Waters invites organizational leaders and their teams to engage powerful questions amidst ambiguity and uncertainty as they move from the-way-things-were to an emerging future. This liminality, a threshold in space and time allowing for transition from something old to something new, is fraught with both difficulty and opportunity. Leaders, teams, and individuals who navigate this space skillfully will land in surprisingly dynamic places, encountering stories, metaphors, and inspiration for traversing the threshold not only competently, but with curiosity and confidence. In this way, futures are created that are not possible with fear-based planning or "quick fixes".
Withrow's method intersects the human imagination through a visual, living metaphor (water), with attention to space (liminality, or transitional space), and focus on role (leadership development) for powerful engagement with what organizational learning theorists call "the emerging future". Here, the theoretical meets the practical and research informs the "how to" and "why". Diving into unknown waters with tools and wisdom can create a better future for all who face change, whether within corporations, not-for-profit organizations, faith communities, family systems, or interpersonal relationships.
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Acknowledgements
A Short Introduction - Why Working in Transitional Space Matters
Prologue: Water - The Significance of Water as Life-Metaphor
Part I: Leading into Unknown Waters
1. Why Liminal Space Matters for Leaders
2. Crossing into Threshold
3. Learning the Intentional Containing Space
Part II: Facets of Liminal Space
4. Flowing Water - Encountering Change, Trusting the Process
5. Ice - Standing Strong, Fostering Courage
6. Steam - Setting Potential Free
Part III: Landing in the Future Here and Now
7. Landing - New Ground on the Other Side
8. The New Equilibrium - Living for the Greater Good
Epilogue: Liminality of Water
Appendix A: How Facilitators Create Containers in Liminal Space
Appendix B: How to Participate in Liminal Space
Appendix C: A Summary of the Scenario-building Process
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